Ways to Play, Train & Move

Overview

Dog-and-handler teams exploring a first activity, building sport skills, supporting healthy movement, or seeking the right qualified provider.

Choose a current pathway or use the general request when you are not sure where to begin.

Sports Paws confirms the provider, fit, schedule, requirements, and price before anything is booked. Partner services remain the responsibility of the named provider.

How it works

Sports Paws routes each request to the relevant program or named partner, who confirms fit, requirements, schedule, and price.

1Tell us about your dog, goals, or professional program.

2Sports Paws identifies the relevant pathway or named provider.

3The provider confirms fit, requirements, schedule, and price.

Service menu

Choose the capability that fits the work.

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Agility Foundations & Practice

Foundation classes, ongoing practices, and entry-event preparation for dog-and-handler teams building safe, clear agility skills.

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Mode: in_person
Availability: Current sessions vary
Best for: New and developing agility teams

Foundation classes
Ongoing practice
Event preparation

Ask about Agility

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K9 Nosework

Foundation series and drop-in searches that build confident independent searching and clearer handler observation.

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Mode: in_person
Availability: Current sessions vary
Best for: New and experienced nosework teams

Foundation series
Drop-in searches

Ask about Nosework

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I Smell a RAT!

Intro sessions and ongoing practices built around safe rat-search games, climbs, tunnels, and scent problem-solving.

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Mode: in_person
Availability: Current sessions vary
Best for: Curious dogs and handlers who enjoy scent games

Intro session
Ongoing practice

Ask about RAT!

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Healthy-Dog K9 Fitness

Educational conditioning and body-awareness programming for healthy adult dogs working on stable, non-slip surfaces.

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Mode: in_person
Availability: Programming varies by season
Best for: Healthy dogs building strength and body awareness
Requirements: For healthy adult dogs; this is not clinical care.

Fitness programming
Body-awareness education

Ask about K9 Fitness

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Canine Movement Care

Professional screening, rehabilitation, and physical therapy provided by Jennifer Benton through Being in Balance Physical Therapy.

Mode: in_person
Availability: Tuesdays at Sports Paws
Best for: Dogs needing qualified clinical movement care
Requirements: A written veterinary referral is required before physical therapy begins.

Professional screening
Physical therapy
Home-program guidance

Ask about Movement Care

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Clinics, Events & Professional Programs

Facility, program, and partnership pathways for qualified instructors, clubs, practitioners, and organizers.

Mode: in_person
Availability: Reviewed individually
Best for: Qualified instructors, clubs, practitioners, and organizers

Clinic planning
Hosted event review
Professional program scoping

Start a Program Request

Dog-and-handler teams exploring a first activity, building sport skills, supporting healthy movement, or seeking the right qualified provider.

Sports Paws routes each request to the relevant program or named partner, who confirms fit, requirements, schedule, and price.

Choose the capability that fits the work.